Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
Baldur's Gate 3 is currently the more played game: 45,818 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 45,296 for Wallpaper Engine — a similar number of players. Across all tracked metrics, Wallpaper Engine leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Wallpaper Engine has had the higher daily player count for the last 65 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
65
Current streak
65 days
Wallpaper Engine
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
27%
Apr 20, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 65 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Baldur's Gate 3 | Wallpaper Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 45,818 | 45,296 |
| 24-hour peak | 55,216 | 109,207 |
| 7-day average | 44,470 | 80,843 |
| 30-day average | 42,844 | 83,703 |
| 30-day trend | +7% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 78,454 | 135,201 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 98% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 847,875 | 1,002,600 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 2, 2023 | Nov 15, 2018 |
| Price | $59.99 | $4.99 |
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| Month | Baldur's Gate 3 | Wallpaper Engine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 41,555 | 49,592 | 59,826 | 72,465 |
| May 2026 | 44,011 | 69,523 | 73,020 | 131,635 |
| Jun 2026 | 39,589 | 69,334 | 83,262 | 135,201 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 44,929 | 78,454 | 82,673 | 127,765 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Baldur's Gate 3 currently has more players: 45,818 concurrent players on Steam vs 45,296 for Wallpaper Engine — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Baldur's Gate 3 averaged 42,844 concurrent players and Wallpaper Engine averaged 83,703. By that measure Wallpaper Engine is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Wallpaper Engine has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 65 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Wallpaper Engine rates higher: 98% positive across 1,002,600 reviews vs 97% across 847,875 for Baldur's Gate 3. Baldur's Gate 3 has the larger player base right now (45,818 vs 45,296 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Baldur's Gate 3 averaged 42,844 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 78,454.
Wallpaper Engine averaged 83,703 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 135,201.